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to_o speak_v by_o art_n syllogism_n and_o trope_n idem_fw-la refut_n p._n 89._o this_o i_o dare_v affirm_v that_o from_o the_o book_n of_o god_n they_o never_o derive_v these_o their_o college_n school_n hall_n order_n and_o degree_n that_o i_o may_v not_o say_v art_n author_n exercise_n use_v of_o learning_n disputation_n commencement_n they_o fight_v with_o their_o school-learning_n vain_a art_n philosophy_n rhetoric_n logic_n against_o the_o truth_n and_o servant_n of_o god_n ppppp_n vide_fw-la supra_fw-la n_o o._n qqqqq_n vide_fw-la rrrrr_n 2._o rrrrr_n 1._o bar._n dis_n p._n 179._o in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n the_o name_n and_o office_n of_o chancellor_n vice-chancelor_n dean_n of_o faculty_n master_n of_o college_n fellow_n beadel_n bursour_n and_o all_o their_o several_a statute_n and_o custom_n be_v strange_a as_o also_o their_o manner_n of_o degree_n dispute_v for_o their_o degree_n and_o order_n of_o teach_v neither_o have_v any_o such_o university_n college_n society_n 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that_o a_o certain_a blasphemous_a and_o heretical_a book_n entitle_v comfort_n for_o believer_n be_v print_v and_o publish_v be_v write_v by_o john_n archer_n their_o lordship_n much_o abhor_v the_o say_a blasphemy_n do_v award_n and_o adjudge_v that_o the_o say_a book_n shall_v be_v burn_v by_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o common_a hangman_n nn_n doctor_n stewart_n duply_v to_o m._n s._n second_o part_n pag._n 128._o not_o long_o since_o i_o hear_v one_o of_o the_o ringleader_n of_o the_o independent_o sect_n deliver_v this_o doctrine_n in_o a_o sermon_n at_o the_o abbey_n of_o westminster_n viz._n that_o to_o a_o save_a knowledge_n of_o god_n it_o suffice_v not_o to_o know_v he_o in_o the_o book_n of_o nature_n or_o second_o as_o reveal_v in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n but_o that_o we_o must_v also_o know_v he_o as_o abstract_n from_o his_o mercy_n and_o all_o his_o attribute_n oh_o ibid._n if_o i_o know_v god_n abstract_v from_o his_o mercy_n i_o know_v he_o out_o of_o christ_n and_o out_o of_o the_o gospel_n for_o god_n in_o christ_n and_o in_o the_o gospel_n be_v not_o abstract_n but_o concrete_a with_o mercy_n if_o god_n be_v consider_v as_o abstract_n from_o all_o his_o attribute_n it_o be_v no_o more_o a_o knowledge_n of_o god_n but_o some_o idol_n of_o the_o independent_a brain_n pp_n antap._n p._n 36._o master_n good_a win_v do_v anoint_v a_o gentlewoman_n who_o name_n i_o conceal_v when_o she_o be_v sick_a and_o she_o recover_v after_o it_o say_v they_o qq_n ibid._n anoint_v the_o sick_a with_o oil_n be_v hold_v in_o that_o church_n of_o arnhem_n as_o a_o stand_a ordinance_n for_o church-member_n as_o lay_v on_o of_o hand_n be_v a_o stand_a ordinance_n for_o church-officer_n rr_z ibid._n p._n 60._o i_o propound_v it_o to_o you_o whether_o a_o little_a before_o your_o come_n over_o into_o england_n some_o member_n of_o the_o church_n of_o arnhem_n do_v not_o propone_v the_o holy_a kiss_n or_o the_o kiss_n of_o love_n to_o be_v practise_v by_o church-member_n 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